Fender for plows.



NirnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOSEPH MCMANMON, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIAIJF TO LEIVIS F. BOVEN, OF SAME PLACE.

FENDER FOR FLOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 675,448, dated June 4, 1901. Application filed January l2, 1901. Serial Noi 43,001. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN JOSEPH MOMAN* MON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Fender for Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fenders for plows; and the object is to provide a very simple construction offender having means whereby it may be quickly and readily adjusted and to construct said fender of a minimum number of parts, so that it may be manufactured and sold at a very small price.

With the above object in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafterfully described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure l is a View of a plow, showing a fender embodying my invention attached thereto; Fig. 2, a cross-section through the plowbeam and the casting for adjustably securing the fender thereto; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the casting or box, the clamping-plate, and the upper end of the fender-arm, showing the same detached or separated.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, A designates a fixed clamping member for the fender-arm, which is in the form of a casting having a concaved wall A and flanges A2 disposed at the upper and lower edges of said wall, with lugs A? projecting from the outer faces of said ilanges. These lugs are formed with horizontal perforations, through which bolts B pass, one of said bolts extending across the upper snrface of the plow-stock and the other across the under side thereof, said bolts at their opposite ends passing through perforations in a strap C, which is disposed on the opposite face of the stock. The projecting ends of the bolts receive clamping-nuts I), whereby the casting is securely attached to the plow.

E designates a fender-arm which at its upper end is bent concave-convex and is formed with a plurality of alined perforations F, which are brought into coincidence with a perforation Gfornied in the box, as said arm is adj usted either forwardly or rearwardly. For clamping the arm securely in its adjustment a clamping-plate II is provided, said plate having a fixed raised portion I on its inner side, which rits in the box or casting between the side flanges thereof and between which and the wall A of the box the arm is clamped, abolt J passing through a centrally-disposed perforation K in said plate and through one of the perforations in the arm and the perforation G of the casting orbox. Said plate is formed on each side of its clamping-surface I with flanges L, which rest against the edges of flanges A2 of the casting.

To assist the bolt in locking the clampingplate from endwise movement in the casting, the inner faces of the flanges A2 of the casting are made convexed in longitudinal section, while the sideedges of the clampingsurface of said plate are formed concaved to coact therewith, so that said plate is prevented from disengaging the casting by a longitudinal movement either forwardly or rearwardly.

The fender-arm is bent to extend downwardly and rearwardly from the casting and at its lower end is bent to extend substantially parallel with the plow-stock and is formed with two perforations, through which bolts M pass, said bolts passing through perforations in the fender-blade N and receiving thumbnuts O. Said blade is formed with a perforation adjacent to each end and near its upper edge and with a perforation disposed between and below said perforations. The fender-arm is attached to the blade by having its bolts pass through one of the upper perforations of said blade and through said centrally-disposed perforation, and by providing a perforation at the other end of the blade the fender may be readily reversed by changing the position of the blade and positioning the upper bolt of the arm in said peu foration at the opposite end of said blade.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a very simple construction of fender which may be readily adjusted to or from the plow by moving the samelongitudinally in the casting and firmly clamped in its adjustment by means of the clamping bolt and plate.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A fender for plows, comprising a casting to be secured to the plow-stock, and having a concaved wall formed with a central perforation, a removable clamping-plate having a convexed clampingsurface and formed with a centrally-disposed perforation and fitting in said casting, an arm having its end bent concavo-convex to extend between the concaved and convexed surfaces of the casting and clamping plate and formed with a series of perforations to be broughtinto coincidence having its end bent concavo-convex to extend between the clamping-surfaces of the casting and plate, means for securing said plate to the casting and the arm in its adjustment, and a fender-blade carried by the opposite end of said arm, substantially as described.

3. A fender` for plows comprising a casting to be secured to the plow-stock, and having a longitudinally-extending concaved wall and flanges at the upper and lower edges of said wall provided with convexed inner surfaces, a clamping-plate having a convexed clamping-surface fitting between the flanges of the casting and having its edges concaved to receive the convexed surfaces of said flanges, an arm having its'end bent concavo-convex to extend between the clamping-surfaces of the casting and plate, means for securing said plate to the casting and said arm in its adj ustment, and a fender-blade carried by the opposite vend of said arm, substantially as set forth. l

4. The combination with a plow-stock, of a casting positioned on one side thereof and formed with a conca-ved wall, flanges at the upper andlower edges of said wall, perforated lugs projecting from said anges and having their perforations in line with the upper and lower surfaces of the plow-stock, a strap disposed on the opposite side of the plow-stock and perforated at its ends, bolts passing through the perforated lugs and the perforated ends of said strap, securing-nuts upon said bolts, a removable clamping-platettting in said casting and having a convexed clamping-surface, an arm having its end bent concavo-convex to fit between the clamping-surfaces of the casting and plate, means for securing said blade to the casting and the arm in its adjustment, and a fender-blade secured to the opposite end of said arm, substantially as described.

JOI-IN JOSEPH MCMANMON. Witnesses:

J. H. SAYE, CHAs. C. ADAMS. 

